also, by the time Hendrix played there were less than a 1/4 of the people originally there... not only were there no trailers... there were much fewer people (I think he played around sunrise?). I’m guessing Jimi wasn’t too interested in jams with folks... I would guess (and zero disrespect intended) that Hendrix was all about playing his set, getting paid and getting the fuck out of that dumpster fire that was the original Woodstock which is held in such strange regard even today. My rule of thumb is if you were there you just shake your head and say something like, “yeah what a mess”. People that say anything different watched the movie and it was a great movie but man (and woman) it wasn’t like the movie... it really wasn’t anything like the movie. Source:parents attended, two of my mentors in the concert production business attended and they all have the same reactions to the movie’s representation of what it was really like.
That whole story is some r/thathappened bullshit, but the reply is full of bullshit too. They make it sound like artists flew in by helicopter and then flew back out again, with no backstage trailers.
And Jimi arrived nine hours early by truck, not helicopter, and was staying at a cottage a few hundred meters from the stage in his downtime.
Some excerpts from Charles R. Cross' Room Full of Mirrors - A Biography of Jimi Hendrix:
One benefit of the Shokan house was that Jimi was nearby, yet organizers still arranged for him to take a helicopter from a local airport. When he and the band arrived at the airport, it was raining and no flights were taking off. They were stuck with a number of bands, including Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Gerry Stickells eventually commandeered a truck and drove them the last few remaining miles. Neil Young would later tell N.M.E. that the scene at the airport was more memorable than the concert. "Stealing a pickup truck with Hendrix is one of the high points of my life," Young said.
When the band arrived at the venue, they were told the show was running three hours late—in fact it was nine full hours behind by that point. Promoters offered Jimi the chance to play at midnight, when the crowd would be lively, but Jeffrey insisted that he close the show. Jimi and the band spent most of the night in a cottage a few hundred yards from the stage, where they smoked pot and played acoustic instruments, waiting for their cue.
frankybling on June 11st, 2019 at 16:41 UTC »
also, by the time Hendrix played there were less than a 1/4 of the people originally there... not only were there no trailers... there were much fewer people (I think he played around sunrise?). I’m guessing Jimi wasn’t too interested in jams with folks... I would guess (and zero disrespect intended) that Hendrix was all about playing his set, getting paid and getting the fuck out of that dumpster fire that was the original Woodstock which is held in such strange regard even today. My rule of thumb is if you were there you just shake your head and say something like, “yeah what a mess”. People that say anything different watched the movie and it was a great movie but man (and woman) it wasn’t like the movie... it really wasn’t anything like the movie. Source:parents attended, two of my mentors in the concert production business attended and they all have the same reactions to the movie’s representation of what it was really like.
BiBoFieTo on June 11st, 2019 at 17:06 UTC »
The only way to solve this is to ask Jimi himself.
RunDNA on June 11st, 2019 at 17:49 UTC »
That whole story is some r/thathappened bullshit, but the reply is full of bullshit too. They make it sound like artists flew in by helicopter and then flew back out again, with no backstage trailers.
But photos clearly show a few backstage trailers:
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/59/a3/5e/59a35e04beaf7ab8546d767eacd6533f.jpg
And Jimi arrived nine hours early by truck, not helicopter, and was staying at a cottage a few hundred meters from the stage in his downtime.
Some excerpts from Charles R. Cross' Room Full of Mirrors - A Biography of Jimi Hendrix: